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    Cherry Ventures

    Berlin, GermanyFounded 2012

    Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that primarily focuses on seed, pre-seed, and early Series A investments across Europe, particularly in internet and software technology businesses. Their strategy is "founders first," emphasizing strong founding teams and providing extensive support, often as the first institutional investor, with a significant portion of their funds reserved for follow-on rounds.

    Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (24 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $27.0M (across 126 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    132

    Fund Size

    $906M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    24

    Team

    DM

    Dinika Mahtani

    Partner

    FD

    Filip Dames

    Founding Partner

    PD

    Patrick Doran

    Investment Analyst

    NR

    Nadja Reischel

    Principal

    JD

    Julius de Gruyter

    Investor

    LP

    Lily Petherick

    Investor

    JM

    Jasper Masemann

    General Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    132 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    RRiploPre-Seed$2.8MMar 2026
    Dash0 logoDash0Growth$110MMar 2026
    Manifold Security, Inc. logoManifold Security, Inc.Seed$8MMar 2026
    Vertical Compute logoVertical ComputeSeries B$37MMar 2026
    Plato logoPlatoSeed$14.5MFeb 2026
    Heywa Labs logoHeywa LabsSeed$5MFeb 2026
    Bits logoBitsSeries A$12MFeb 2026
    Ben logoBenSeries B$27.5MDec 2025
    Black Forest Labs logoBlack Forest LabsSeries B$300MDec 2025
    Dash0 logoDash0Series A$35MOct 2025
    Lunos AI logoLunos AIPre-Seed$5MSep 2025
    Light logoLightSeries A$25MSep 2025
    PPhoebeSeed$17MAug 2025
    Q.ANT logoQ.ANTSeries A$62MJul 2025
    KKikuSeed$4MJul 2025
    KKikuUnknownJul 2025
    Climatiq logoClimatiqSeries A$10MJun 2025
    Voliro logoVoliroSeries A$19.8MJun 2025
    Proxima Fusion logoProxima FusionSeries A$130MJun 2025
    Maze logoMazeSeries A$21.8MJun 2025
    Co-Power logoCo-PowerSeed$6.8MJun 2025
    Ravio logoRavioSeries A$12MMay 2025
    ALICE logoALICESeed$4.2MMay 2025
    Telli logoTelliPre-Seed$3.6MApr 2025
    Swap logoSwapSeries B$40MMar 2025
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    Top Co-Investors

    Atomico9 shared
    Northzone9 shared
    Seedcamp7 shared
    Partech5 shared
    Accel5 shared
    EQT Ventures5 shared
    Speedinvest4 shared
    Lakestar4 shared
    UVC Partners4 shared
    DNS Capital4 shared
    Y Combinator3 shared

    Last updated: 10 April 2026